Combined railway cattle-guard and metallic cross-tie.



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COMBINED RAILWAY CATTLE GUARD AND METALLIC CROSS TIE. APLIcATfIoN FILED111111.28, 1907.

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IA'IRN'IED MAY '7, 1907. C; SWITZER L If. SUNDMAN. COMBINED RAILWAYCATTLE GUARD AND METALLIC CROSS TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1907.

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CHRISTOPHER SWITZER ANI) FREDRECK SUNDMAN, OF DOE RUN,

MISSOURI. Y

COMBINED RAILWAY CATTLE- GUARD AND NIETALLIC CROSS-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed February 28, 1907, Serial No. 359,802.

T0 @ZZ whom, it may con/cern:

yBe it known that we, CHRISTOPHER SwirzER and FREDREGK SUNDMAN, citizensof the United States, residing at Doe Run, in the county of St. Francoisand State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Combined RailwayCattle-Guard and Metallic Cross- Tie, of which the following is aspecification. The invention relates to a combined railway cattle guardand metallic cross tie.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andcomparatively inexpensive combined railway cattle guard and metalliccross tie, adapted to strengthen a track and capable of effectuallypreventing cattle yfrom crossing it.

' across the track without impairing the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, withinthe scope ofthe claims, maybe resorted to without departing from the snirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of t e invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a combined railway cattleguardand metallic cross tie, constructed in accordance with thisinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view, takensubstantially on the line xof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview, taken substantially on the line y-{1/ of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of one of the cattle guard members. Fig. 5 is a reverseplan view of the top plate of the cross tie, illustrating thearrangement of the clamp-engaging keys and the double wedge forspreading the inner ends of the keys. Fig. 6 is a detail view of one ofthe keys. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps. Fig.8- is a reverse plan view of the same and a portion of one of the cattleguard sections. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view of a portion of thecross tie, illustrating the manner of securing the top plate to thesides.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.` y

1` designates a hollow' metallic cross tie, forming a conduit to permitwater to flow across the track without impairing the road bed, andconsisting of a horizontal bottom and upwardly converging inclined sides2, formed integral with the horizontal bottom, as clearly illustrated inFig. 3 of the drawings.

y The metallic cross tie is provided with a removable horizontal plate3, detachably secured to the sides 2 byscrews 4 andarranged on andsupported by the upper edges of the said sides 2. The screws 4, whichmay be of any desired number, pierce the top plate and engage threadedsockets of the sides 2 of the cross tie.

The top plate presents a flat upper face to receive rails 5, and it isprovidedat the sides of the bottom iianges of the rails with slots 6,arranged in pairs and spaced apart. The slots receive depending Shanks 7of clamps 8, which engage thelbottom iiangesof the rails and which alsointerlock with and engage intermediate and outer cattle guard members 9and 10, whereby the latter are securely fastened on the upper faces Iofthe cross ties. The slots are disposed transversely of the cross tiesvand the Shanks 7, which depend below the lower face of the top plate ofthe cross tie, are provided with registering openings 11, through whichpass longitudinal keys 12, whereby the clamps are detachably retained inengagement with the rails and with the cattle guard members. The keys 12are provided at their outer ends with hook-shaped heads 13, and areadapted to be engaged by a suitable tool for enabling them to be readilywithdrawn, when it is desired to remove either the cattle guard membersor the rails.

The inner ends of the keys are recessed vertically to provide taperingrecesses 14, arranged to receive tapered ends 15 of a fixed wedge 16,formed integral with and located IOO ' tie, and arranged in the path ofand adapted affordaccess to the heads of the screws.

ylocked relation by the clamps.

to spread the split ends of the keys, whereby the latter are positivelyretained in engagement with the shanks of the clam s'. The inner ends ofthe keys are maintaine in their spread or looked position by the taperedends of the double wedge, which is in the form of a longitudinal rib orflange, and which is adapted to materially increase the strength of thetop plate of the cross tie. In order to facilitate thespreading of theinner ends of the keys, the latter are also split horizontally at 17 atopposite sides of the tapering recesses. The split ends of the keysare'spread at the inner Shanks, as'clearly shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawing, whereby the keys are positively l locked against outwardmovement.

Each clamp is provided at the upper end of the shank with a head,extending longitudinally of the cross tie in opposite directions to forma rail-engaging portion and a cattle guard-engaging portion. Therail-engaging portion is provided with a flat inclined lower face 1S tofit and conform to the configuration of the upper face of the bottomflange of the rail, and 1t has an inner shoulder 19 to engage the edgeof the rail. lThe cattle guardengaging portion is provided with a curvedlower engaging face 20 and is rounded at the outer edge 21.

Each cattle guard member is inverted V- shaped in cross section, and iscomposed of oppositely inclined sides, formed integral with each otherand provided at their lower edges with inwardly extending narrowlongitudinal flanges 22, spaced apart at the median line of the bottomofthe cattle guard member and presenting fiat lower faces to the top plateof the cross tie. The inclined. sides of the inverted V-shaped cattleguard sections or members have their outer faces arranged in the sameplane as and forming continuations of the inclined sides 2 of the hollowcross tie. The outer sections 10 are provided at the screws 4 withgrooves 451i1 lto e longitudinal flanges 22, which are recessed at theirupper faces, present concave faces 23 to the lower curved face 20 of theclamp, and

the longitudinal flanges are also cut away toY ment on the latter, andthe cattle guard sec-` tions are securely maintained in such inter- Thedepending studs extend below the lower face ofthe topplate and engagethe inner face of the sides of the cross tie of the u per edges thereof,whereby the top plate is eld against horizontal movement in eitherdirection transversely of the cross-tie. This construction is adapted torelieve the screws 4 of strain.

The ends of theinner or intermediate cattle guard sections are spacedfrom lthe rails, and the inner ends 27 of the outer cattley guardsections. extend over the contiguous Y clamps and fit against the outersides of the what we claim as new, and desire to secure f by LettersPatent, is-

1. In a device of combination of a cross tie, rail-engaging means, andcattle guard sections detachably secured to the cross tie by therail-engaging means.

2. In a device of the class described,fthe combination of a cross tie,cattle guard sections, and rail-engaging clamps having projectingportions engaging the cattle guard sections and securing the same to thecross tie.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a crosstie, and rails, of` cattle guard sectionsarranged on the cross tie, and clamps located at opposite sides of therails and having oppositely projecting portions engaging the rails andthe cattle f guard sections for securing the same to .the cross tie.

4. In a device of the class described, the

combination with rails, of cattle guard sections fitting against theouter sides of the rails and constituting braces to prevent the railsfrom spreading. f

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, ofcattle guard sections fitting against the outer sides of the rails toprevent the same from spreading, and rail-engaging clamps provided withmeans for also engaging the cattle guard sections.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, of anintermediate cattle guard section spaced from the inner sides of therails, an outer cattle guard section fitting against the outer sides ofthe IIS rails and forming braces to prevent thesame the class described,the

and provided with bottom flanges fitted on ranged inthe path-of the keysfor spreading and the cattle guard sections to the cross tie.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a cross tie,and rails, of cattle guard sections provided at the bottom withdepending studs engaging the cross tie for holding the sections againsthorizontal movement, and means for retaining the sections in engagementwith the cross tie.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, and across tie, of cattle guard sections provided with spaced bottom flangeshaving means for engaging the cross tie, and rail-engaging meansprovided with means for engaging the bottom iianges of the cattle guardsections for retaining the samel in engagement with the cross tie.

10. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, anda cross tie, of cattle guard sections having spaced bottom fianges, andclamps providedv With heads having oppositely projecting portionsengaging the rails and interlocked with the bottom iianges of the cattleguard sections.

11. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, of.hollow cattle guard sections, and rail-engaging clamps having meansprojecting into the 'ends of the hollow cattle guard sections forengaging the same.

12. In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, ofcattle guard sections having inclined sides, and spaced bottom flanges.cut away at the terminals, and rail-engaging clamps having projectingportions extending into the cattle guard sections and engaging the cutaway portions of the bottom flanges.

13., In a device of the class described, the combination with rails, ofhollow cattle guard sections cut away at the vbottom and beveled at thecut away portions, and railengaging clamps having projecting portionsextending into the cattle guard sections and conforming to theconfiguration of and engaging the cut away and beveled portions thereof.

14. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie, cattle guard sections, rail-engaging clamps having projectingportions for engaging the cattle guard sections, said rail-engagingclamps being also provided with depending shanks extending through theto of the cross tie, and keys passing through t e shanks.

15. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-'engaging clampsprovided with means for engaging the cattle guard sections and havingdepending shanks extending through the top of the cross tie, keysextending through the shanks and having split portions, and means arythecross tie, and means for securing the rails the split ends thereof.

16. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-engaging clampsprovided with means for engaging the cattle guard sections and havingdepending shanks extending through the top ofthe cross tie, keysextending through the shanks and having split portions, and a fixedwedge arranged in the path of the keys for spreading the split ends ofthe same. A

17. In a device of the class described, the combination v'of j a hollowcross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-engaging clampsprovided with means for engaging the cattle guard sections andhavingdepending shanks extending through the top of the cross tie, keysextending through the shanks and having split portions, and anoppositely tapered wedge having its terminals arranged in the path ofthe keys for spreading the split portions thereof.

18. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie provided at the lower face of its top with an integral wedgetapered at each end, rail-engaging clamps extending through the top ofthe cross tie, and keys piercing the clamps and having split portionsarranged to be spread yby the wedge. A

19. In a de vice of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie having an interiorly arranged wedge, a rail-engaging clampextending into the cross tie, and a key piercing the clamp and arrangedto be spread by the wedge.

20. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie having an interiorly arranged Wedge, a clamp extending intothe cross tie, and a key piercing the clamp and provided at its innerend with a tapering recess and split at opposite sides of the same, saidrecess being adapted to receive the wedge, whereby the split end of thekey is spread.

21. A device of the class described comprising a cross tie havinginclined side faces, and a cattle guard section detachably fitted on thecross tie and having inclined faces arranged in the same plane as andforming continuations of the inclined faces of the cross tie.

22. A device of the class described comprising a hollow cross tie havinginclined faces and forming a conduit for water, and an 'invertedV-shaped cattle guard fitted on the cross tie and having inclined sidesforming continuations of the sides of the cross tie.

23. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie having inclined sides, an inverted V -shaped cattle guardsection provided at the lower ends of its sides with spaced bottomiianges fitted on the cross tie and means for engaging the bot- IOO tomflanges of the cattle guard sections for securing the same to the crosstie.

24. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowmetallic cross tie forming a conduit or passage for water and comprisinga bottom, sides, and a top plate secured to the sides, a cattle guardsection ldetachably interlocked with the top plate, and means forsecuring the cattle guard section in its interlocked relation.

25. In a device of the class described, lthe combination of a hollowmetallic cross tie comprisinga bottom,` sides, and a top plate providedwith sockets, a cattle guard section having depending' studs fitting inthe sockets of the top plate, and fastening devices retaining the studsin the sockets and securingv the cattle guard section to the top plate.

26'. A hollow cattle guard section having spaced sides and inclinedflanges.

27. A hollow cattle guard section having spaced sides and inclinedflanges, said flanges having depending pointed studs',

28, In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie, cattle guard sections, rail-engaging clamps having projectingportions for engaging the cattle guard sections, said rail-engagingclamps serving as connecting means between the cattle guard sections andthe tie.

29. In a device of the classdescribed, the combination with cross ties,and rails, of cattle guard sections, and rail-engaging clamps forconnecting the adjacent ends of the cattle guard sections and thebottomflanges of the rails, and also for connecting the sections to the crossties.

30. In a device of the class described, the combination of a hollowcross tie, cattle guard sections arranged thereon, rail-engag ing clampsprovidedk with means for engaging the cattle guard sections and havingdepending shanks extending through the top of the cross tie, and meansfor connecting the shanks to the cross tie so as to lock'the rails,cattle guard sections and thecrosstie together.

315. In a device of'the c la'ss described, the combination of a hollowcross tie composed of a bottom, sides, and a top plate, and a cattleguard section provided with studs'piercing the top plate of the crosstie and engaging the sides thereof.

32. In d device of the dass described, the' combination of a hollowcross tiecomposed of a bottom, sides, and a top plate, and a cattleguard section provided at opposite -sides with depending studs piercingthe top plate and lprojecting below the same and engaging the

